Given below are two statement: Statements I : Bromination of phenol in solvent with low polarity such as…
Given below are two statement:
Statements I : Bromination of phenol in solvent with low polarity such as \(\mathrm{CHCl}_3\) or \(\mathrm{CS}_2\) requires Lewis acid catalyst.
Statements II : The Lewis acid catalyst polarises the bromine to generate \(\mathrm{Br}^{+}\).
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Both Statement I and Statement II are true
Statement I is true but Statement II is false
Statement I is false but Statement II is true
Both Statement I and Statement II are false
Solution
Phenol is a highly activated compound which can undergo bromination directly with Bromine without any lewis acid.